16" 1911 barrel?
Saw a few of these up on Sarco's website for $70. It sure would look weird sticking out the end of a 1911 frame that far, but might be a hoot for longer range shooting.
I wonder though, with all that weight out front and the drag of the frame/bushing on the mid point of the barrel, how's accuracy?
Also any questions of legality with this?
I wonder though, with all that weight out front and the drag of the frame/bushing on the mid point of the barrel, how's accuracy?
Also any questions of legality with this?
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Just a worthless gimmick.
Even if your 1911 was tricked out as a match gun, you still have the limitation of the short sight radius.
(Hmmm, if you put an extendible front sight on it, like a S&W 41....)
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quote:Originally posted by nmyers
Just a worthless gimmick.
Even if your 1911 was tricked out as a match gun, you still have the limitation of the short sight radius.
(Hmmm, if you put an extendible front sight on it, like a S&W 41....)
Neal
Dot sight. . .no sight radius issue.
Anyway, pretty much the ONLY reason to do this is that you'll get more VELOCITY out of ordinary rounds.
With a 16" barrel, I think you could see an additional 200+ fps compared to a standard pistol barrel, and that's actually quite a nice boost, say maybe 20%+ more velocity and 40%+ more kinetic energy.
Problem is that a 16" barrel pistol (regardless of sighting system) is a bear to shoot, unless you're doing so off a rest.
IMO, rather than just a long barrel, you're really going to be a lot better off with a true carbine conversion, ie something like this: http://www.mechtechsys.com/
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I think the reason for the 16" barrels is so that you could legally attach a shoulder stock to the gun without it becoming an SBR. Sportsmans Guide used to sell the "kit" including the stock and 16" barrel. 0 -
Yeah Loredo thats it, I've seen the retro carbine kit before also..
And as Bean said, a red dot sight is the quick and easy fix to the sight problem.0
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